If you work hard enough, you will_in this competition. A. get ahead B. get hold C. work on D. work out
Her new car is beautiful but very ____ .A. priceyB. priorityC. privacyD. principal
A．It'll make you learn to enjoy what you have，fix what's broken，and shop for a bargain．SpendingB．more is likely to stimulate your motivation for more earning．C．It gives you options and frees you from relying on someone else's priorities．Living with lessD．is the most efficient way to control your financial future．E．Actually，your parents have already given you too much．F．What you want is respect and admiration from other people． My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world．His only interest right now is keeping us awake 24/7．But one day，he'll need to learn something about finance．When he does，here are some suggestions．1．You might think you want an expensive car，a fancy watch，and a huge house．But you don't．（68） ____ You think having expensive stuff will bring it．It almost never does-especially from the people you want to respect and admire you．2．The road to financial regret is paved with debt．Some debt，such as a mortgage，is OK．But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug：a quick hit of pleasure that wears off，only to drag you down for years to come，limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past．3．I hope you're poor at some point．Not struggling，and not unhappy，of course．But there's no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity．It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable．（69） ____ These are essential survival skills．4．If you're like most people，you'll spend most of your adult life thinking，"Once I've saved/earned5．Don't stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18．Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age．Many people don't know what they want until they're twice that age．（These are the signs you're in the wrong career．）6．The best thing money buys is to control over your time．（70） ____ One day you'll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy．7．Change your mind when you need to．I've noticed a tendency for people to think they've mastered investing when they're young．They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19．They never do．8．Some people are born into families that encourage education others are from families that are against it．Some are born into flourishing economies others，into war and poverty．I want you to be successful，and I want you to earn it．But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness．Keep this in mind when judging people，including yourself．9．Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend．I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck，always on the edge of ruin．I know another person who never earned more than 50，000 and saved a fortune．The difference is entirely due to their spending．（71） ____ ．10．Don't listen to me if you disagree with what I've written．The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did．More important，you'll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself．（On the other hand，always listen to your mother．）
_____ frequent complaints made about her service, she lost her job.A. Even if B. As far C. As for D. Due to
Section C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to seeSection C-|||-Directions: Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.-|||-Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.-|||-A.Follow other people`s path-|||-B.Believe in overnight success..-|||-C.No one else has the perfect answers for your life.-|||-D.If you have dreams,it`s your responsibility to make them happen. -|||-E.Your dream may be big and that might make it seem overwhelming.-|||-F.But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,and your life is not.-|||-I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams.When we-|||-think about the dreams we have,and the dent we want to leave in the universe,it is striking to see
Desertification (沙漠化) in the dry United States is very serious. Groundwater supplies beneath vast stretches of land are dropping rapidly. Many river systems have dried up. Hundreds of thousands of acres of previously irrigated cropland have been abandoned to wind or weeds. Several million acres of natural grassland are eroded at unnaturally high rates as a result of cultivation or overgrazing (过度放牧). All told, about 225 million acres of land are under severe desertification. Federal subsidies (补贴) encourage the exploitation of dry land resources. Low-interest loans for irrigation and other water delivery systems encourage farmers and industry to mine groundwater. Federal disaster relief and commodity program encourage dry-land farmers to plow up natural grassland to plant crops such as wheat, especially, cotton. Federal grazing fees that are well below the free market price encourage over-grazing of the commons. The market, too, provides powerful incentives (激励) to exploit dry land resources beyond their carrying capacity. The incentives to exploit dry land resources are greater than ever. The government is now offering huge new subsidies to produce synthetic fuel from coal oil as well as alcohol fuel from crops. Moreover, commodity prices are on the rise; and they will provide farmers and agricultural businesses with powerful incentives to overexploit arid land resources. The existing federal government cost-share programs designed to help finance the conservation as soil, water, and vegetation are pale in comparison to such incentives. In the final analysis, when viewed in the national perspective, the effects on agriculture are the most troublesome aspect of desertification in the US. For it comes at a time when we are losing over a million acres of rain-watered crop and grass land per year to higher uses—shopping centers, industrial parks, housing development, and waste dump—regardless of the economic need of the US to export agricultural products or of the world’s need for US food and fiber. Today the dry West accounts for 20 percent of the nation’s total agricultural output. If the US is, as it appears, well in its way toward overdrawing the dry land resources, then the policy choice is simply to pay now for the appropriate remedies or pay for later when productive benefits from arid land resources have been both realized and largely terminated.1 Which of the following is mentioned as a result of severe desertification?A The decline of forest coverage.B The lack of water supplies.C A decrease of crop production.D A sharp increase of farmland.2 From the second paragraph we can learn that ____ .A low-interest loans encourage farmers to purify groundwaterB low federal grazing fees are helpful in protecting the commonsC the government offers huge subsidies to produce synthetic fuelD the government encourages the exploitation of dry land resources3 What can we learn about the existing federal government cost-share programs?A Farmers have to pay a lot of money for them.B Their main purpose is to develop economy.C The government pays insufficient attention to them.D Vegetation plays an important part in soil conservation.4 The higher uses of rain-watered crop and grass land are criticized because ____ .A America and the world need the land for agricultural productionB industrial parks and waste dumps seriously pollute the environmentC Americans need many shopping centers and apartmentsD they bring about a large amount of waste of resources5 What can we learn about the policy choice?A It’s the best way to solve desertification in America.B It’s a simple task that America is undertaking now.C It will bring a lot of benefit to America in the future.D It’s costly to solve desertification in America.
12. 单选题While in school, you are____its rules and regulations.A. subject withB. subject toC. object toD. deal with
_ and disorder might well spread throughout the entire Middle East.A. ContemptB. ConfusionC. ConferenceD. Conjunction
单选题根据以下材料，回答题Kindle Killers? The Boom in New E-ReadersA． Amazon, the online retailing giant, did more than any other company to turn the sale of digital books into a real business with the 2007 launch of the Kindle electronic reader. The company has sold an estimated 1.7 million units of the hand held device in the US, and it's getting ready to ship millions more. On Oct.6, Amazon announced that it would soon begin selling Kindles -- complete with a key feature that allows users to wirelessly download e-books from Amazon -- in more than 100 countries.B． Success breeds imitators. Amazon is about to be attacked by a squadron of would-be Kindle killers being brought to market by some of the biggest names in consumer electronics and publishing. To complicate the increasingly competitive landscape even further, Apple and, according to rumor, Microsoft are working on tablet computers that could prove to be handy e-readers but with more functions and features, such as video display capability and full web browsers. "2009 is a breakout year fore-readers," says Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst with Forrester Research."But we're still in the early stages."C． The early stages have lasted a longtime. E-readers have been around for more than a decade, but the devices weren't popular due to high cost, proprietary (专利的) display formats and the reluctance of book publishers to sell digital versions of their best-selling titles. Now, just as digital music was driven into the mainstream by Apple's iPod and iTunes, Amazon's Kindle andonline bookstore, which sells more than 350,000 titles, are proving there's amass market for e-books. Total industry revenue from digital-book downloads has risen 149% this year, according to the Association of American Publishers,while e-reader sales are expected to reach 3 million by Dec.31, according to For rester Research. Almost a million of the devices could be sold during the upcoming holiday season alone. In 2010, sales are projected to double, to 6 million.That kind of growth is hard to come by in the recession-wracked technology industry, and a crowd is starting to gather. Around the world, at least 17 e-readers are in development or already on the market.D． Among the better-known entrants is Asustek -- the Taiwanese company of China practically invented the netbook category with its ASUS Eee-PC, and it is working on a product called the Eee-reader that it hopes to have on the market in time for Christmas. South Korea's two powerhouse consumer-electronics companies, Samsung and LG Electronics, are wading in too. Samsung earlier this year introduced a reader called the Papyrus in South Korea; reports circulating in the technology blogosphere say LG is developing a prototype with a large,11.5- inch (diagonal） flexible screen. Meanwhile, Japan's Fujitsu has released the world's first dedicated e-reader with a colour screen, although so far the device is only available in Japan.E． It isn't just tech companies that are joining the fray. Bricks-and-mortar bookseller Barnes & Noble, which in the US offers access to 750,000 e-books on its website, is rumored to be pondering the development of its own e-reader to rival the Kindle. (The retailer already has a partnership to sell e-readers made by IREX, a spin-off of Holland's Royal Philips Electronics.)Major newspaper and magazine publishers,which are suffering mightily from the loss of subscribers and advertisers to the recession and the Internet, are also getting involved. News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Wall Street Journal, is reportedly considering a deal with Japanese consumer-electronics giant Sony, which in 2004 introduced the first commercially viable e-reader, to use a black-and-white display technology called electronic ink (also used by the Kindle. Sony is rolling out a new family of e-readers, including a pocket- size version and one with a large screen that's geared toward newspapers and magazines.F． One reason e-readers are getting traction is that competition is driving down prices. Amazon has cut the price of the Kindle by 100 over the past six months, to 259. As e-readers proliferate(激增) and price disparities narrow, manufacturers are trying to differentiate their products by adding features such as MP3 players and touch screens. The eSlick by Foxit,based in Fremont, Calif., allows users to listen to songs while reading .Asustek recently unveiled a prototype e-reader with two screens, which would more closely duplicate the traditional reading experience, although the devicethat the company expects to release later this year will have a single screen.G． At the same time, new display technologies are emerging that promise to improve battery life and make devices more portable and easier to read. UK-based Plastic Logic hopes to introduce nextyear the first e-reader with a plastic screen that will reduce glare and be less prone to cracking when dropped by ham-fisted owners. Electronic-ink technology is set to move from black and white to colour by the end of 2010.Even video is on the horizon. "We'll see a range of models start to appear over the first half of 2010 offering a range of different reading and productivity experiences," says Neil Jones, CEO of UK-based In teread, which in May launcheda 249 e-reader called the COOL-ER.H. Newcomers will have a hard time breaking Amazon's chokehold in the US, where the company controls 60% of the e-reader market, according to Forrester Research. But the edge Amazon gained when it launchedthe Kindle could be blunted by evolving technology and changing consumer needs.Currently, more people read e-books on their smart phones than they do on dedicated devices like e-readers.I. And there's the looming threat posed by next-generation tablet computers. Apple, the king of cool handheld devices, is rumored to be readying a tablet computer with all the functions of a laptop aswell as iPhone-like touch capabilities for release early next year. Microsoft has been secretive about its plans for a tablet, but a video making the rounds of the blogosphere shows a dual-LCD-screen prototype that closes like a book."E-readers are a transitional technology," says Rotman Epps of Forrester Research. It means that just as the e-reader is taking off, it may be becoming obsolete. One of the reasons e-readers were not popular in the past is that publishers were unwilling to sell digital versions of their best-sellers. 1 According to the passage, soon afterOct.6, users of Kindles can download e-books from Amazon wirelessly. 2Manufacturers are adding features suchas touch screens, to distinguish their e-readers from their rivals'. 3 Eee-reader is developed by aTaiwan-based company.
As the school year kicks off, parents are once again struggling to cajole (哄骗) and, if need be, drag their exhausted teens out of bed. That image may make you laugh, but lack of sleep is no joke. (77) Teenagers who don’t get enough rest have more learning, health, behavior and mood problems than students who get at least nine hours a night. Long-term lack of sleep is tied to heart disease, overweight, depression and a shortened life span in adults, indicating the importance of establishing good sleep habits early in life. Lack of sleep can be especially deadly for teens; car accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers, and safety experts believe sleepy driving is a major factor. Unfortunately, few teenagers get the sleep they need. In a survey of middle-school and high-school students, University of Colorado researchers found that 82 percent said they woke up tied and unrefreshed, and more than half had trouble concentrating during the day at least once a week. Blame multitasking for some of this. Many students are juggling after-school activities, homework and part-time jobs. Even when they manage to fulfill these obligations by a reasonable hour, television, the internet, video games, phone calls and text message to friends often keep them awake deep into the night. Taking soda and energy drinks late in the day and going to late-night parties on weekends add to sleep debt. Biology also works against teenagers’ sleep. Their body’s internal clock, which controls when a person starts to feel tired, shifts after puberty (青春期), making it hard for most teens to fall asleep before 11 pm. Class usually beings before 8:15 am., with many high schools starting at 7:15 am. To get to school on time, most teens have to get up by 6:30 am, guaranteeing they’ll be sleep-deprived during the week. Teens often sleep much later on weekends to catch up, making it even harder to fall asleep on Sunday night and wake up Monday morning. Playing catch-up on weekends also doesn’t help teens stay refreshed when they need it most: during the week at school. Since the 1990s, middle and high school in more than two dozen states have experimented with later school start times. (78) The results have been encouraging: more sleep, increased attendance, better grades and fewer driving accidents. But most school still start early, meaning teens have their work cut out for them if they want to get enough sleep.The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ______. A．how sleep deprivation (缺乏) can be treatedB．what causes sleep deprivationC．who is most at risk for sleep deprivationD．why sleep deprivation is a serious concern
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6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
Americans experience more food recalls (召回) today than they did five years ago, especially when it comes to meat and poultry (家禽). Meat and poultry recalls increased by two-thirds from 2013 to 2018, while food recalls overall went up 10%, according to the report recently published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates (估计) 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from food-borne disease each year in the U.S. "We are looking for the farm-to-fork preventative solutions," said Adam Garber, the research group's consumer watchdog. "By doing that, we can protect people's health."Over the five-year period, poultry posted the most recalls (168), followed by beef (137) and pork (128). The report shows the most serious meat recalls are on the rise. Among meat and poultry, the number of Class I recalls has increased by 83%, nearly doubling. Class I, the most serious of the recalls, is issued when there is a reasonable probability that the food will cause health problems or death.53. When would Class I recalls be issued?A. When the food is likely to cause health problems or death.B. When there are too many complaints from customers.C. When the food problem lasts for five years.D. When the product quality is below standard.
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
Never before in my career _ _ of an assignment A have l frightened B had I frightened C had I been frightened D have I been frightened
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only once. budget defy dilemma diverseloyalty manipulate objectivePerspective tackle urge （1）The ____ of the "upright"message is to ask people to save，while the "permissive"message asks people to spend.（2）If you find yourself in a（n） ____ about what is the right decision for your career，speak to a career counselor.（3）It is important for parents to listen to their children's opinion because they may have a very different ____ on the things they've seen.（4）To cater for the different tastes of athletes from all over the world，the organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics prepared ____ dishes.（5）If you want to save money for a rainy day making a（n） ____ is the first step you may want to take because it gives you a clear plan.（6）The Chinese legend goes that Yue Fei's mother tattooed four Chinese characters on his back to remind him of the importance of ____ to the nation.（7）When children are addicted to online games，they would often ____ their parents and stay online for hours every day.（8）The report goes on to ____ the technicians to take a more active role in developing the standards of artificial intelligence.
In some families,new adults and kids seem to slip in effortlessly, ____ they have been there all along.A. whileB. thoughC. becauseD. as though
Whenever I have trouble ( ) many problems, I ask Jack for help.A. dealing withB. to deal withC. on dealing withD. deal with
We were always encouraged to focus on constructing the most out of the situation ______. A. at hand B. on hand C. in hand D. by hand
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food (51) it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an (52) served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never (53) likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing he is (54) to copy this procedure. Take it (55) granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a (56) dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him (57) back for a second helping rather than give him as much as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child (58) meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food (59) he can hurry back to his toys. Under (60) circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.55（）。A. withB. asC. overD. for
1.A:Here is my business card.-|||-B: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B.Wonderful.Is it between-|||-school teams?-|||-C.Thank you for the nice party D.Thanks.This is mine.-|||-2.Alice:Is there any typical Chinese festival you celebrate every year?-|||-Bob: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B. I bet it will.-|||-C.It`s so stuffy and no wind at all. D.Yes,there are many.The-|||-Dragon Boat Festival is one of them.
23．有一串钥匙在沙发上。Aset of keys _______on the sofa./ There is _________on the sofa.24．问李老师要你的书吧。________Ms. Li ________yourbook!25．请给老赵打电话。_________Old Zhao ______13096935553..26．这条蓝色的裤子是他的吗？Isthis pair of trousers _________?27．我的父母在第一张照片里。_______________are in the first photo.28．谢谢你帮助我。Thankyou for ________________./ Thank you for _____________.29．那个女孩姓王。Thegirl’s __________is Wang./ The girl’s ______________is Wang.30．那只小狗叫什么名字？What’s__________the dog? / What’s ____________name?31．今天玩得开心点！___________today! / Have a good time today!32．这有两张漂亮的她家的全家福。Here_______two nice photos of her family.
26)Could she picture him ___ politics with her father in the drawing-room at her home ?A. discussingB. to discussC. as to discussD. that discusses
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
Dreams can be a rich source of ___________ for an artist. (inspire)
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate
Responsibilities ______becoming a father.A. charge forB. go withC. save forD. go through